Network News | February 2022
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ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM TO UNVEIL NEW INNOVATION CENTER’S FIRST CLASSES, ENROLLMENT FOR RAPID WORKFORCE TRAINING
BIRMINGHAM – A press conference will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, February 14, to unveil the first classes of the Alabama Community College System (ACCS) Innovation Center, a $10 million investment supported by the Alabama Legislature that brings together the state’s community colleges, business and industry, and community partners to deliver rapid, industry-recognized non-credit training within some of the state’s most in-demand career fields.
Remarks and demonstrations of the Innovation Center’s first training programs will take place during the press conference.
WHAT: The ACCS will officially announce the opening of the ACCS Innovation Center and have on display some of the rapid training programs.
WHO: ACCS Chancellor Jimmy H. Baker
Mara Harrison, Interim Director of the Innovation Center
Alabama Industry and Association Officials
WHEN: Monday, February 14, 2022, at 10:00 A.M.
WHERE: Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, 6030 Barber Motorsports Parkway, Birmingham, AL 35094. The press conference will be held in the circular area in front of the museum.
RSVP: To accommodate space and interviews, media is asked to RSVP with Ebony Horton, ACCS Communications and Public Relations Coordinator, at [email protected], by 5 p.m. Thursday, February 10, 2022
For more information, contact:
Ebony Horton
Communications and Public Relations Coordinator
(334) 293-4655
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The Continual Improvement team offers training and assistance in the areas of lean and quality. The primary focus of this team is maximizing efficiency and product quality through process improvement. This team offers training in using tools and management systems to bring about positive change, as well as assistance or facilitation with implementing the various lean and quality tools or management systems at client companies.
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Environmental Health & Safety |
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ATN’s EHS Team is excited to announce that we will resume our webinar series on a monthly basis starting in March. In a series we are calling the EHS Meeting Mashup, we will bring you relevant topics of interest for meetings of approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour. Some of the Meeting Mashup topics will focus on the traditional EHS items, while others will look to collaborate the EHS world with other business and industry areas, such as Continual Improvement, Leadership and Management, and Industrial Maintenance.
These webinars are FREE to everyone, and the intent is to share information so that we all have an opportunity to go home safe at the end of each workday. Moreover, a lot of these topics can be relevant in the home as well, to keep you and your loved ones safe and healthy. We also hope our EHS Meeting Mashups will provide networking opportunities and promote constructive conversations that will help you build a safer culture in your workplace.
We already have several topics lined up for the next few months, starting with the March 10, 2022, topic focused on Confined Space Hazards and Mitigation. Registration for this webinar can be found by going to our website, www.atn.org, and clicking on the “WORKSHOPS” tab at the top of the page. With just a few pieces of information to complete on the registration page, you can be ready to join us!
We hope you find this valuable for either yourself or others within your organization, and we hope to see you soon at our EHS Meeting Mashup!
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As the US still struggles with labor issues, public health concerns, and side effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, manufacturers are also struggling with their own challenges. The agricultural and food manufacturing industry is one where operators are challenged by already small margins with continuous rising costs. The struggle can be seen on empty grocery store shelves, shipping containers sitting idle on dockyards and on ships waiting to enter port, logistics companies struggling to find drivers for tractor trailer trucks, and even something as simple as a customer receiving a product in different packaging than advertised.
Many food manufacturing companies have had to reevaluate their supply chain program to compensate for no longer being able to source certain packaging, ingredients, or even equipment that is vital to their finished product. Where procuring certain materials that are internationally produced at one time maybe had significant savings over sourcing domestically, the tables have quickly turned due to rising production and transportation cost. Another contributor has been lead time adjustments to compensate for the vastly unknown shipping time. If you order packaging specifically for a season such as Christmas, you may be left out in the cold with no Christmas packaging at Christmas and a whole load of Christmas packaging that arrives in March and takes up valuable storage space.
ATN's affiliation to the MEP National Network allows us to offer benefits to the manufacturing industry that could assist in diversifying your supply chain program. The MEP National Network coordinates a Supplier Scouting Program that leverages the MEP's extensive relationship and knowledge of US manufacturer capabilities to source suppliers that meet your needs domestically. This program has led to connections made where hundreds of critical supply chain products are sourced domestically and tens of millions of supply chain production dollars are kept in the US.
This program is offered at NO COST to the manufacturing industry and does not require the manufacturer to have an existing relationship with ATN or the MEP National Network. If your food, beverage, or packaging company is interested in learning more about participation in this program, please reach out to us.
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Industrial Maintenance & Technology |
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Advanced Closed Loop Hydraulic Training is 40 hours or 5 days of intense Hydraulics Troubleshooting Training that relates to the operation of systems like Ready-mix concrete transporters, Personnel Lifting Devices/Aerial Platforms, Loaders and Tractors, Conveyors and Crushers, and many other Closed-Loop Applications. In this course, participants will learn how to read and construct basic circuits using actual components. This course includes hydraulic safety, basic theory, and symbol reading. In troubleshooting, participants will learn how to correctly identify malfunctioning components in circuits. Below are the course objectives and course outline.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this course, the participant should be able to:
- Interpret hydraulic symbols and hydraulic diagrams
- Safely construct basic hydraulic circuits
- Properly select the correct hydraulic diagnostic equipment
- Choose safe methods to troubleshoot faulty circuits
COURSE OUTLINE:
(Includes circuit building)
- Hydraulic safety
- Basic Circuits and Hydraulic Principles
- Basic valves: Pressure control, check, directional control, flow control
- Orbitrol steering valves
- Cross-port relief valves (closed loop)
- Accumulators (advanced)
- Cylinders and motors
- Pumps: Fixed displacement, variable displacement, pressure compensated, over-center, load sense
- Closed loop Systems (closed loop)
- Proportional directional control valves (advanced)
- Cartridge/powered logic valves (advanced)
- Flow dividers (advanced)
- Mobile directional control valves (advanced)
- Stacked valves (advanced)
- Troubleshooting methods and diagnostic tools
- Application of troubleshooting methods to hydraulic circuits
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Leadership & Management Development |
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As a new Supervisor or Team Lead, you’re now charged with helping others succeed and develop to help meet your organization’s goals. The truth is that the skills that made you a great team player won’t necessarily make you a great manager.
The good news: With practice, you’ll get comfortable with the basic skills needed to be effective in your new role. Some of the basic skills that ATN offers training for are:
- DiSC Profile
- Effective Communication
- Working with Different Generations
- Corrective Action
- Problem Solving
These topics along with others can help jump-start employees newly added to your management team.
ATN has 5 current contracts for LM&D Training taking place across the state with 3 more to start soon. Our LMD trainers have extensive experience in management on the production floor and will be ready to help your new management team members.
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With a staff of 53 employees and over 600 years of combined manufacturing experience, ATN has the knowledge and capability to provide Alabama companies with services and private resources to enhance growth, improve productivity, reduce costs, and expand capacity.
Over the years, ATN has learned to perfect customer service. We pride ourselves on being a trusted local partner, to implement solutions and innovations for your company, to develop and train employees, and to assess and improve processes in the workforce, knowing you can count on us.
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